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Study participant walks for the first time following injury
Non-invasive neurostimulation paired with physical therapy temporarily mends broken connection between brain and spinal cord in patients with spinal cord injury.
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'I'm just thankful to be here': Lightning strike survivor recounts his 4-month journey to recovery
After surviving a lightning strike, after enduring multiple surgeries to open his shins and forearms to save him from compartment syndrome, Jacob Brewer was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in downtown Chicago where he was receiving physical and occupational therapy.
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Making a home accessible after a severe injury can be overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s one mom’s advice.
At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, people arrive after lives change in minutes — a gunshot wound, a car crash, a stroke. When patients are discharged, they often need to approach their home differently. Occupational therapist Kelsey Watters said they first consider locations like the bathroom and the entry.
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Paralyzed ex-Illinois football star is down but never out
A year and a half after a life-changing accident, paralyzed former Illinois football star Bobby Roundtree opens up about loneliness, frustrations, the desire to inspire and his ultimate goal: independence.
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Nerve Damage Linked to Prone Positioning in COVID-19
Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been associated with lasting nerve damage.
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Undefeated: Marty Hartigan lost his limbs. Then he cheered up his friends.
A year after his near-death experience, Marty Hagan, the former Stanford rugby player is coming to terms with a different life and body.
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"Worse Than Cancer" COVID Survivor Recounts in Vivid Detail His Six-Week Recovery
ABC’s Good Morning America recently published a short film featuring world-renowned documentary filmmaker Gordon Quinn on his experiences as a patient with COVID-19.
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Teen struck by lightning in Florida now improving with treatment in Chicago
A teenager who survived being hit by lightning in Florida is making strides with treatment in Chicago.
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COVID ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage
Some COVID patients on ventilators are placed in a prone position to ease breathing, but study shows that this life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage.
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Band-Aid-Like Patch Could Detect Early COVID-19 Symptoms
Researchers working to contain COVID-19 are increasingly turning to these sleek new wearables for a diagnostic solution.
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ABC7: Chicago coronavirus survivor returns home after 10 weeks in 2 hospitals, rehab center
It took two and a half months, but Marian Steele fought COVID-19 and won, and now she's back home.
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WBEZ: How One Chicago-Area Family Survived COVID-19
Sandy Wilson-Muriel and her mother Gladys Wilson were the first in their family to get sick with COVID-19 in mid-March.
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